Australian Open 2022
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Date: | 17-30 January 2022 |
Edition: | 110th Australian Open |
Location: | Melbourne |
topping: | hard court |
defending champion | |
Men's singles : | Novak Djokovic |
Ladies singles : | Naomi Osaka |
Men's doubles : |
Ivan Dodig Filip Polasek |
Women's doubles : |
Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka |
blended : |
Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram |
winner | |
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The 110th Australian Open is scheduled to be held in Melbourne , Australia from 17–30 January 2022 .
The defending champions at the first tennis Grand Slam tournament of 2022 are Novak Đoković in men's singles and Naomi Ōsaka in women's, Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in men's doubles, Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka in women's doubles and Barbora Krejčíková and Rajeev Ram in im Mixed.
New this year is the Show Court Arena , a fourth major arena alongside Rod Laver Arena , John Cain Arena and Margaret Court Arena ; the new building was completed in November 2021.
Specifics due to the pandemic
Vaccination compulsory for the players
To participate in the Australian Open 2022, a player must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, tournament director Craig Tiley confirmed in November 2021. Despite being fully vaccinated, Russian player Natalya Vikhlyantseva is not allowed to participate in the tournament. She was vaccinated with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V , which is not approved in Australia.
Novak Đoković wanted to compete with a special permit, but was denied entry to Australia because of invalid documents. This decision was overturned by a court on January 10th on formal grounds and he was then allowed to move freely in Australia until his visa was revoked by the Australian Immigration Minister on January 14th.
Cancel
The following top players will not take part in the tournament for various reasons:
- Roger Federer , recovering from knee surgery
- Stan Wawrinka
- Milos Raonic
- Dominic Thiem
- Bianca Andreescu , personal reasons
- Jennifer Brady
- Karolina Muchova
- Karolína Plíšková , arm injury
- Serena Williams , advice from the medical team
- Novak Đoković , not granted a visa due to vaccination status
men's singles
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- ↑ Australian Open: 85 percent of players vaccinated - tendency (strongly) increasing. In: tennisnet.com. 28 November 2021, retrieved 28 November 2021 .
- ↑ Australian Open: Vaccination with Sputnik V - Natalia Vikhlyantseva is not allowed to play. In: tennisnet.com. December 21, 2021, accessed December 28, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Australian Open: Novak Djoković arrives with "medical exemption" . In: The Mirror . January 4, 2022, ISSN 2195-1349 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 4, 2022]).
- ↑ Visa rejected: tennis star Djokovic should leave Australia , online report of the sports show
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Entry to Australia: Half a victory for Djokovic. Retrieved January 10, 2022 .
- ↑ Australian Open: Australia cancels Djokovic visa again. Retrieved January 14, 2022 .
- ↑ Roger Federer to miss Australian Open as he continues recovery from surgery. In: abc.net.au. 17 November 2021, accessed 28 December 2021 (English).
- ↑ Serena out of Australian Open, Djokovic on entry list. In: reuters.com. December 8, 2021, accessed December 28, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Dominic Thiem cancels for the Australian Open. In: tennisnet.com. December 28, 2021, retrieved December 28, 2021 .
- ^ a b Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu to miss the 2022 Australian Open. In: www.wtatennis.com. December 7, 2021, accessed December 8, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady suffers major setback ahead of 2022. In: tennisworldusa.org. 7 December 2021, accessed 28 December 2021 (English).
- ↑ Czech Muchova withdraws from Australian Open. In: channelnewsasia.com. December 21, 2021, accessed December 28, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Pliskova withdraws from Australian Open due to injury. In: www.wtatennis.com. 16 December 2021, accessed 28 December 2021 (English).